Here’s a quick little video of one of my cockatiels, Pepper, singing. He starts to do a little dance that is unique to him. If you listen closely, you can hear him say “nastybird”, which is his nickname.

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Inside My Head Podcast number 98

Morris the cockatiel is not exactly what one would call “normal”.
I’ve never seen a bird do this before!

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Inside My Head Podcast number 3.24

Gordo the cockatiel loves taking baths. As soon as we put out the big water dish, he always the first bird to jump in, every time. If the water stays out long enough, he has been known to take more than one bath a day. He has also tried to bathe in the little water dish that the birds are supposed to drink from, and once, he tried to bathe in Shawn’s big blue plastic water mug.

Gordo loves taking baths. I decided to capture Gordo doing one of his favorite activities on video. Once he got over being all suspicious of the camera, his focus was once again, on taking a bath. As you can see, he’s not too keen on sharing the “bathtub” with any of the other birds.

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Inside My Head number 3.20 for NaPodPoMo!

Late at night, when I’m on my computer, I look over at my (very nearby) aquarium, and this is what I see:

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Inside My Head Podcast number 3.15 for NaPodPoMo

This is a Plecostomus. I have one living in my aquarium, along with the fish you saw in the previous video. It does strange things!

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Inside My Head Podcast number 3.12 for NaPodPoMo 2009.

I hate road construction! I especially hate road construction that happens right in front of my house. The mobile home complex we live in has decided to re-do all the little streets in here. They did this same thing about a year ago. I cannot imagine this is necessary to do all over again, so soon.

I happen to have allergies to dust, all kinds of dust. It causes me to wheeze, and potentially have an asthma attack. Needless to say, I am not at all pleased with the dust clouds produced by the construction workers right now. I am going to be sick all day, thanks to them. Not fair!

I filmed the first part of this video while standing on my front porch. The second part was filmed through my window, as I stood inside and looked out. By then, the dust was too bad for me to have safely gone out there.

Welcome to my nightmare.

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Inside My Head Podcast number 3.8 for NaPodPoMo 2009.
Time to relax and enjoy watching my aquarium. So Peaceful!

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Inside My Head Podcast number 3.2 for NaPodPoMo

This video was inspired by my experiences as a teacher. I, and my fellow teachers, noticed something strange about some of the older children’s books that had been donated to classrooms. Not all children’s books are actually good for children. Take a look at this video, and see what I mean.

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Inside My Head podcast number 95

This is the Halloween episode! I don’t think I’ve ever done one of those before on Inside My Head. Halloween is just a few days away, so, I am getting this podcast in just under the wire. Better late than never, I suppose.

Today’s Haiku of Frustration is called: “Anytime Now”. Seemed appropriate, as I was recording this episode of Inside My Head moments before the US Government was supposed to call me in regards to Unemployment Insurance.

Music on today’s show by:
* Shawn from Hyper Nonsense, with a song called “Halloween is Awesome”. If you click on that link, it takes you directly to the final episode of Hyper Nonsense.
Here is the video for that song:

* Troy Sinister and the Cemetery Men, with a song called “The Living Dead”.

* Johnny O and the Jerks, with a song called “Zombie Love Affair”.
Want to watch somebody draw a zombie girl while listening to that song? Here ya go! (Pretty sure this isn’t officially from the band):

* The Supersuckers, with a song called “Sleepy Vampire”.
Here is a video of The Supersuckers at The House Of Blues:

Have a happy Halloween, everyone!

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Inside My Head Podcast number 93

I am unemployed, but you knew that. I’m in my second week of unemployment, and so far it is strange. Listen to this episode to find out why I feel like losing this job is similar to breaking up with someone.

Today’s Haiku of Frustration is called “I Searched”. Add your own Haiku of Frustration about whatever is bugging you at Haiku of Frustration dot com

Need more haiku? You can still get my book :Haiku of Frustration: Wage Slave, the first book I ever published. It’s got 98 little haiku about the frustrations of working in retail hell, and it’s pocket sized! Think of it as the Wage Slave’s Book of Psalms!

Music in today’s show by:
* Theory In Motion, with a song called “Money”.

* Kindred Souls, with a song called “Can’t Make It Rain”.

* The Radiant, with a song called “Say You Will”.
Here is the video for “Say You Will”:

Podcasts Promos I played in today’s show :

*Echo Romeo Kilo One One – Erk’s ambient noise podcast

* Angel Between The Lines – First episode out right now! Don’t miss this if you like vampires, or the Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel series.
Also, I have a teeny tiny part in this episode (that you likely won’t be able to easily hear).

I also mentioned these podcasts:

* Wasting Time Podcast – with Richard Jeffries

* All Things Azeroth – Your World of Warcraft Podcast! Come say hello to me in the live chat room at Stickam dot com on Monday nights! I promise to say hello.

And, if you want to check out all the blogging I do for Phantom Power Media, go here, for a constant update of new content from Phantom Power Media.

Check in to Inside My Head next week, to see if being unemployed has made me lose my mind yet.

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